The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1887-03-31
Woman Suffrage and Temperance.

he 1OllOWTg is the aTtlClc Ol MIS-.
Chaplin which was jected by the S. t..
Adrocate, and which has occasioned
some stir in the State growing out Of
comments of'that paper:
Yc fearful men fresh courage take.
Those votes you so much dread,
Are big with mercy, and will break,
In blessings Oh your head.
NJ. Editor: In your last paper
you.copy from the Nashville Adrocdte,
an article about The Woman's
Christian Temperance Union" A
society which the editor kindly ad-
mits is 'composed of'the wisest, and
best women in the land and is 4
power for good" But he "depre.
Gates some mistakes, he thinks we
are in danger OF making" Well
now brother editors (both of you) It's
nothing new for our doings to be
"deprecated." We have been warned
by the "wisest and best Of men,
against every single step we have
taken in the path that has made us
the ''power for good" you are COM
PEELED to acknowledge we have be-.
come.
We "are a power but have be-
come so, in spite of "deprecatiors,
and warnings" and not because Of
any helpful words. We "are q
power because we have dared to do
the right, as God gave us the right
to see. We enlisted to work, not for
fame, or profit, but in defence Of our
homes and dear ones. To work for
God and home, and native Land, and
God helping US, we mean to do it;
even though it lead US to the ballot
box.
l have never belonged to a wo.
mans suffrage society, but I do not
agree with the editor that 90 ballot
cast by woman, for the protection
of her home, against the rum bat
teries, which by the ballots Of men,
are placed over against all that is
nearest and dearest to her, would "be
ofense to God" l do not believe it.,
but do believe, that the pitying Sa-
viour, knowing how long and patiently
women have waited, and suffered, and
plead, in vain 70 men for deliverance
would look down with loving sympa-
thy, and say, 20 woman, be it unto
thee according to thy faith,'' and the
saloon would 60.
The editor thinks woman's ballot
would be ''disastrous to the country
If it had not been for the self.denial
Of q woman, we would have had no
country. The priests said the expe-
dition of Columbus would be "offcns-
i've to God" but Isabella Of Spain,
with woman's God-giving instinct,
thought differently, and pledged the
Jewels of the castle to enable the
great discoyerer to make the voyage.
We women, after reading the report
of the Clerk of the House Of Repre-
sentatives at Washington, think that
we, Ignorant as we are supposed to
be) could by our ballot, save the na-
tiou vast amount of money by keep
ing men at home who require ma
ton to furnish each of them, with 420
towels during the session, also with
perfumery by the gallon, fans more
than one at $50 apiece; over $1,000
for opera glasses alone, also brace
lets, toilet powder, fur robes, en-
broidered shawl straps, tons of play
ing cards, $125 each for stationery;
and then only think Of Congressman
being supplied with such mental food
at their own request: "Little doings
for little folks" "daily tricks of little
chicks" "baby world,' ring around
roses," ETC., ad intnitun'. Not men,
tioniEg the thousands spent to keep
up their spirits, when they go to fu-
nerals. Could our ballots be any
more "disastrous" than ballots that
send such unscrupulous men into the
high places of the nation? Impossi-
bic.
But it is urged that in order to
vote, we would have to neglect our
children" What nonsense. 1t would
not take US over twenty minutes a
year to do our voting. The majority
of women either have no children, or
grown children, and those who have
small children, could easily send and
get the neighbor, who stays with
them when she goes to pay her taxes
to come over again, for a few min
utes. There will be no "primary
meetings." held in saloons, when wo'
men come into this right. Oh, no!
her decisions will be made in the sa-
cred precincts Of her home, and in
the fear of God whose word tells US,
that "when the wicked rule, the land